User:Martind/Young Hackspace

Project page: Project:Young_Hackspace

Prep

Days before

• email the list: introducing the Young Hackspace; pls be considerate of the kids and their safety; got any laser cutter work we can show to give the kids an idea of the possibilities? And: note that this is not an open invite event, we have limited attendance and are fully booked atm. Looks like there will be more such events soon!
• tweet: "First 'Young Hackspace' this Saturday with a group of six year olds. Health & safety prep! Hackers: store away your sharp objects!"
• announce Health & Safety cleanup session for Friday night

Workshop prep

• Tom/Will: plan the sequence of events; what do we need to prepare/organise/buy?
• Find people who can set up the toys & demos (cf. below)

Friday night/Saturday morning

• make a list of all the below once done to demonstrate preparedness
• Hover/clean the quiet room, entrance area, workshop area, ...
• Unplug all power machines?
• Store away sharp objects and deactivate open electric circuits
• Turn off any open power sources
• Deactivate the people counter laser (it's about eye level for young kids)

Demos

definitely:

• Tour of the space (what?)
• Lasers (Tom, Will)
  • Need: pen laser, smoke machine

likely:

• a Kinect interactive demo? (move/dance in front of a screen and see your silhouette projected in the style of an Apple iPod ad)

possibly:

• Jacob's Ladder (who?)
• flash cotton (who?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWEVm-G0JXw

Workshops

• Laser cutter (Tom, Will)
• Mindstorms intro (Daniel/dhertz)

Toys

definitely:

• Binocular microscope
• multitouch table (who can set it up?)
• Makedo set (in Nigel's box)

likely:

• Oscilloscope & power source
• IRC controlled RC car?
• "big bubble wand in one of the "rubbish" boxes"

possibly:

• "children's electronic/experiment sets (those ones with the big clip together components, etc)" (Anthony/ynohtna)
• LED throwies?

Future events

• monorail building workshop? (Senake)
• DIY electronic music (Anthony/ynohtna)
• how to etch PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards; the etching process uses toxic chemicals so has do be done by a grownup.) http://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/how-to-etch-a-single-sided-pcb/